Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garons

A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garons The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their mtier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garons is one of them. Widely recognized among her contemporaries as the most important and influential designer of the past forty years, she has, since her Paris debut in 1981, defined and transformed the aesthetics of our time. This lavishly illustrated publication examines Kawakubos fascination with interstitiality, or the space between boundaries. Existing within and between dualitieswhether self/other, object/subject, art/fashionKawakubos work challenges the rigid divisions that have come to define received notions of identity and fashionability, inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, re-creation, and, ultimately, hybridity. Featuring brilliant new photography, and thought-provoking texts by Andrew Bolton, this book expresses the conceptual and challenging aesthetic of this visionary designer. An insightful interview and illustrated chronology of Kawakubos career provide additional context. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (05/04/1709/04/17)